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rocket-propelled

/rok-it-pruh-peld/US // ˈrɒk ɪt prəˌpɛld //

火箭助推式,火箭推动的,火箭推进式,火箭推进的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : using rocket power as the chief motive force.

Examples

  • The questions going through my mind are: How on earth are there Kalashnikovs and rocket launchers in the heart of Paris?

  • These people that work for the BOP are not rocket scientists.

  • Her brothers formed a group to rescue people after a rocket attack.

  • Fighting words like those that propelled his team to the top of the industry, but it looks like that drive might have been sapped.

  • Evidence of the interest of this respected figure propelled Vieira on his quest.

  • General Pio del Pilar slept in the city every night, ready to give the rocket-signal for revolt.

  • This last spear is propelled by a throwing-stick, which was also found lying by it.

  • The great Dam at Assouan was just completed and we traversed its entire length on a trolley propelled by natives.

  • The pneumatic vacuum tubes which propelled the trains on the South Devon Railway, failed to give the power that was expected.

  • It was in conjunction with Mr. Booth that my father constructed the 'Rocket' engine.